AFRO Staff Writer
The Baltimore Social Environmental Collaborative (BSEC) is a citywide climate research initiative, training residents to collect data that will shape the area’s understanding of the impact of heat, air quality and flooding. Morgan State University is one of 21 organizations and institutions participating in the BSEC.
Through the program, residents are helping to collect data from the weather stations for the collaborative, instead of being detached from the research taking place in their neighborhoods.
Khaliah Young, the community engagement coordinator for the collaborative and a graduate of Morgan State, said that the communities within Baltimore that experience climate injustices like higher rates of pollution and asthma, are often left out of climate research, making the project all the more impactful…